Secretly Mine

"Sir! Welcome back. I’m glad to see you’re feeling better," Blake greeted as I stepped into his office.

I simply nodded, suppressing the desire to cough. While I was feeling better than the last couple of days, my body was still aching, and I constantly had to fight the lingering weakness.

"Give me an update on the last few days. I want to know what I missed," I said, taking a seat across from him.

"Right away. I’ll begin with the largest projects first. Project X is still a while away...."

Blake spent the next hour going through everything that had happened while I was sick in bed. One of his special skills was just this: the ability to identify the important matters and summarize them for me.

He’s helped me out on more than one occasion with this helpful ability of his. Not a single extra word was spoken, clearly painting a picture of what had happened.

After he finished his report, he looked at me with slight confusion in his eyes.

"Was there anything else?" he asked.

I paused for a moment before looking up at him. "How has she been?"

Blake’s eyes widened before a knowing smile crept up on his face.

"She has been doing well, Sir. Her mood has been getting better, and she’s been coming in to work on time," he said calmly.